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United States Patent | 5,690,555 |
Lay | November 25, 1997 |
A golf ball teeing device and associated cage for catching a golf ball it from the teeing device includes a manually actuated trough for teeing one ball after another in succession on a tee to be hit. A cage catches the balls that are hit, and a ball return mechanism returns the balls to the teeing device. The returned balls line up in a row in alignment with a ball entrance of the teeing device. One ball at a time is fed to a ball cavity in the teeing device. The person using the teeing device actuates an elongate trough that is associated with the ball cavity to pivot downwardly allowing the ball in the ball cavity to roll down the trough. A guide on the distal end of the trough sets the ball on a tee, and the trough can then be returned to its ready position in which a new ball is fed to the ball cavity. After hitting the teed ball, the user again actuates the trough to tee the next ball that is to be hit.
Inventors: | Lay; William C. (95 W. 650 South, St. George, UT 84770) |
Appl. No.: | 707961 |
Filed: | August 30, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 473/137 |
Intern'l Class: | A63B 057/00 |
Field of Search: | 473/132,133,134,135,136,137,150,182,184,195,196,197 |
1745201 | Jan., 1930 | Alston | 473/197. |
1940321 | Dec., 1933 | Pagett | 473/137. |
1948020 | Feb., 1934 | Buckingham | 473/137. |
4441717 | Apr., 1984 | Willcox | 473/134. |
4541632 | Sep., 1985 | Tillery | 473/137. |
4659081 | Apr., 1987 | Cook | 473/133. |
4732391 | Mar., 1988 | Karr | 473/137. |
4892318 | Jan., 1990 | Jennings | 473/137. |
5346222 | Sep., 1994 | Luther, Sr. | 473/137. |
5549518 | Aug., 1996 | Wang | 473/137. |